Gary, a critic and biographer and the author of several books on jazz, welcomes you to his site. Here you’ll learn more about the man who’s won an unparalleled six ASCAP–Deems Taylor Awards, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Peabody Award in Broadcasting, as well as a lifetime achievement award from the Jazz Journalists Association.
Books in order of publication:
Riding on a Blue Note: Jazz and American Pop (1981)
Rhythm-a-ning: Jazz Tradition and Innovation (1985)
Celebrating Bird: The Triumph Of Charlie Parker (1986, rev. 2013)
Satchmo: The Genius of Louis Armstrong (1988, rev. 2001)
Faces in the Crowd: Musicians, Writers, Actors, and Filmmakers (1992)
Visions of Jazz: The First Century (1998)
Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams-the Early Years, 1903-1940 (2001)
Weather Bird: Jazz at the Dawn of Its Second Century (2004)
Natural Selection: Gary Giddins on Comedy, Film, Music, and Books (2006)
Jazz (2009)
Warning Shadows: Home Alone with Classic Cinema (2010)
Bing Crosby – Swinging on a Star – The War Years, 1940-1946 (2018)
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